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George Eads to Exit CSI After 15 Seasons

George Eads, who has played the role of CSI Nick Stokes since the series' pilot, will exit the show at the conclusion of the current season, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Sources say Eads' departure was amicable and that his character's exit will be connected to the resolution of the Gig Harbor Killer case. However, it remains unclear exactly how his character will be written out of the series.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/George-Eads-Exits-CSI-1089722.aspx

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CBS Sets Premiere Dates for Vince Gilligan's ‘Battle Creek,’ ‘CSI: Cyber’ https://tv.yahoo.com/news/cbs-sets-premiere-dates-vince-gilligans-battle-creek-190000993.html

“Battle Creek,” the new CBS drama from “Breaking Bad” boss Vince Gilligan and “House” honcho David Shore, will premiere Sunday, March 1 at 10 p.m.Meanwhile, the new “CSI” spinoff, “CSI: Cyber,” will debut Wednesday, March 4 at 10 p.m., the network said Friday.The scheduling of the premieres are part of the network's ongoing effort to deliver more original programming year-round.The premiere dates also mark an about-face for CBS, which earlier this year said that “CSI: Cyber” would air on Sundays. However, the change means that “Battle Creek” will now be paired with the kindred series “The Good Wife” and “Madam Secretary,” while “CSI: Cyber” will likewise be matched with the similar “Criminal Minds.”

 

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Eric Roberts Returning to CSI as Brother Larson in Season Finale https://tv.yahoo.com/news/eric-roberts-returning-csi-brother-larson-season-finale-215723061.html

The spirit is moving Eric Roberts back to CSI this spring.Roberts will reprise the role of Brother Daniel Larson in the CBS procedural’s season finale, which is ominously titled “End Game,” TVLine has learned exclusively. This marks Roberts’ third CSI appearance; he previously guest-starred in the Season 13 finale and Season 14 premiere, both in 2013.“We’re super excited about Eric Roberts returning to CSI to reprise his role as the silk-shirt smooth preacher-pimp, Brother Larson,” executive producer Don McGill tells TVLine. “Eric is always a blast to work with, and it’s always a privilege to be in his company and watch him do his magic.”Any guess what might bring Brother Larson back into the CSI fold?

 

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Hulu Acquires Exclusive Subscription Video on Demand Rights to "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"

Hulu has acquired the exclusive subscription video on demand (SVOD) rights to all previous seasons of CBS's award-winning, critically acclaimed crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, it was announced today by Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins, and Scott Koondel, Chief Corporate Content Licensing Officer for CBS Corporation. All episodes will be available for streaming on Hulu with a Plus subscription beginning early April.

Read more at http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/...on-373305/20150219hulu01/#HblC8jTaWJcCMvK5.99

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More legal woes for ex-'CSI' star Gary Dourdan

Things have been tough for Gary Dourdan ever since his role wrapped on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.”

The actor, who once played Warrick Brown on the hit show, recently filed for bankruptcy for the second time, according to TMZ, and now his ex-girlfriend Nicole Cannizzaro is making moves to be sure she still gets money from Dourdan for a case they settled in 2012 after he allegedly broke her nose.

http://www.tmz.com/2015/03/23/gary-dourdan-ex-girlfriend-broken-nose-settlement-bankruptcy-csi/

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CSI Cancelled, Farewell Movie Event Eyed for Fall With William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger Set to Return https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/csi-cancelled-farewell-movie-event-132937059.html

CBS is sending CSI off into the sunset in style.The network confirmed on Wednesday that the former juggernaut will end its 15-year run with a special movie event, to air on Sunday, Sept. 27, reuniting original cast members including William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger.CSI was a breakout hit when it debuted in 2000, averaging 20 million viewers by the end of Season 1 and ranking among TV’s top 10 shows. In Season 5, it hit a peak audience of 26 million viewers. It also launched the spinoffs CSI: Miami, CSI: NY and, most recently, the just-renewed CSI: Cyber. The cancellation writing was on the wall since October, when CBS trimmed the show’s Season 15 episode order from 22 to 18. CSI ended the year with an average audience of 8 million viewers.

 

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‘CSI’ 2-Hour Finale Set With William Petersen, Ted Danson To Join ‘CSI: Cyber’ https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/csi-2-hour-finale-set-133551162.html

CBS this morning confirmed that CSI: Crime Scene Investigation will end its 15-season run with a two-hour finale, featuring original stars William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger. The two-hour movie will air Sept. 27, the first Sunday of the season. Additionally, current CSI leading man Ted Danson will be transitioning to new spinoff CSI: Cyber starring opposite Patricia Arquette as a new regular. After concluding that CSI and CSI: Cyber could not both exist on the schedule next season, CBS’ Nina Tassler said the network considered various options for a sendoff to the mothership series, including a six-episode order, but she said that didn’t have the event feel a two-hour finale would have. (I hear the idea to go out with a two-hour finale came from CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves).It is unclear yet whether there will be casting changes on CSI: Cyber in light of Danson’s arrival, Tassler said. The series, which had a so-so freshman run, had been expected to undergo creative tweaks heading into Season 2. Danson and Arquette’s characters already have a history together as CSI: Cyber was introduced in an episode of CSI last season.

 

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George Eads Opts Out of CSI Finale, Forcing Last-Minute Script Revision https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/george-eads-opts-csi-finale-230109580.html

Turns out not everyone will be returning for this fall’s big CSI farewell, as star Marg Helgenberger declared at Comic-Con last weekend.TVLine has learned exclusively that George Eads has decided not to participate in the two-hour swan song, forcing series creator Anthony E. Zuiker to excise Nick Stokes from the already-completed script. While Eads never officially signed on to the project, I’m told Zuiker and his fellow producers were hopeful that the actor would reprise his role alongside fellow CSI vets Helgenberger and William Peterson (with more names expected to be announced soon).It’s not clear why Eads opted out — production starts on July 29 in Los Angeles — or whether his absence will be addressed on screen. (I’m told the script did not have to undergo a major revamp since Nick — whose storyline was wrapped up in February’s Season 15 finale, Eads’ last episode as a regular — wasn’t critical to the central plot.)Eads’ representative declined to comment for this story. CBS similarly had no comment.“I’m excited… that all of us are going to be back,” Helgenberger told TVLine at Comic-Con (see video, below). “I think it’s going to be a really fun time.”CSI‘s two-hour goodbye — tentatively titled “Immortality” — is set to air Sunday, Sept. 27 on CBS. Marg Helgenberger Talks CSI Return at Comic-Con 2015 - TVLine......Michael Ausiello talks to Marg Helgenberger about returning to "CSI."......

 

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CSI Series Finale Cast: Melinda Clarke's Lady Heather and 11 Others Returning https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/csi-series-finale-cast-melinda-001919528.html

Ready or not, it’s almost time to say goodbye to CSI. The long-running CBS procedural’s finale is slated to air Sunday, Sept. 27, and TVLine can now confirm more than 10 vets returning to the fold for the farewell fete.Though we exclusively reported that George Eads will not return for the last hurrah, the following cast members — in addition to Marg Helgenberger and William Petersen — will appear in the finale:
* Paul Guilfoyle as Captain Jim Brass (original run: 2000–2014)
* Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle (2000–2015)
* Jon Wellner as Henry Andrews (2005–2015)
* Wallace Langham as David Hodges (2003–2015)
* Ted Danson as D.B. Russell (2011–2015)
* David Berman as David Phillips (2000–2015)
* Robert David Hall as Dr. Al Robbins (2000–2015)
* Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders (2000–2015)
* Elisabeth Harnois as Morgan Brody (2011–2015)
But wait, there’s more! Melinda Clarke will also appear in the big finale, reprising the role of Lady Heather.Your hopes for CSI‘s big farewell? Which returning characters are you most looking forward to seeing?

 

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Another Big Character Will Not Be Back For The CSI Finale Special http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Another-Big-Character-Back-CSI-Finale-Special-73128.html

This spring, CBS made the tough decision to cancel its longtime procedural, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. However, CBS has ultimately opted to let CSI go out gracefully with a two-hour TV movie.

 

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CSI Series Finale Cast: Melinda Clarke's Lady Heather and 11 Others Returning https://tvline.com/2015/07/17/csi-series-finale-cast-melinda-clarke-lady-heather-spoilers/

Ready or not, it’s almost time to say goodbye to CSI. The long-running CBS procedural’s finale is slated to air Sunday, Sept. 27, and TVLine can now confirm more than 10 vets returning to the fold for the farewell fete.

 

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‘CSI’ Series Finale First Look: Marg Helgenberger, Paul Guilfoyle Are Back in Action (Photos) https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/csi-series-finale-first-look-marg-helgenberger-paul-190704801.html

In the first official images from “CSI: Immortality,” we see fan favorite characters Det. Jim Brass and Catherine Willows back in action.Marg Helgenberger, who plays Willows, departed the series after the 12th season, while Paul Guilfoyle, who plays Brass, left the show after the 14th. Both will return, along with Gil Grissom (William Petersen), for the two-hour finale event.Plot details for the finale are scarce, but we know that former members of the Las Vegas Crime Lab return to action after a catastrophic event paralyzes Las Vegas. Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox) is also forced to make a decision regarding her career.Lady Heather (Melinda Clarke) will also return for the finale, but former cast members George Eads and Gary Dourdan, who played Nick Stokes and Warrick Brown respectively, will not. Ted Danson, who plays lab leader D.B. Russell, will move to “CSI: Cyber.”“CSI: Immortality” airs on Sept. 27 on CBS.

 

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CSI Finale Preview: Grissom and Sidle's 'Awkward' Reunion, MIA Nick and More https://tvline.com/2015/09/17/csi-series-finale-spoilers-grissom-sidle-relationship/

Brush up on your forensic jargon and crank the volume on The Who, because it’s nearly time to say goodbye to CSI.After formally getting cancelled in May, the long-running mothership series will tie up loose ends with a two-hour movie event on Sunday, Sept. 27 (9/8c, CBS), which will involve almost every key player from the past 15 seasons.Though some fans may be skeptical as to how Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows, et al. will return after being off the show for years, series creator Anthony E. Zuiker is confident that the finale’s plot will allow for a seamless blast from the past.“We’re going to have an explosion at the Eclipse Casino, and that’s going to really unpack our cast. It’s one catastrophic event that will obviously bring back many of our CSIs,” Zuiker tells TVLine. “Catherine is back — this is her casino [that she partially owns]. Grissom [is] back. Sara Sidle will be heading up the case. It will bring everybody back to try and solve what’s going on.”Read on for more details from Zuiker and the cast about CSI‘s swan song, including the fate of Grissom and Sidle’s relationship and the scene that will most satisfy fans.

 

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Why CBS Almost Passed On CSI http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Why-CBS-Almost-Passed-CSI-87387.html

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is set to close out its run with a finale special that will air this Sunday. A ratings juggernaut for most of its 15 seasons, when CSI takes its last bow, it will leave behind a lengthy legacy, including three spinoffs (two which have already ended), a slew of memorable characters and the revamping of the procedural for modern TV, a revamping that wooed in large advertising deals for the network. However, it almost never happened. Apparently, 15 years ago, CBS didn't really think CSI would fit into the lineup, and almost didn’t end up airing the hit series. Back in 2000, when CBS was gearing up to announce the new shows that would be added to the lineup in the fall, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation wasn’t a high priority. In fact, in a recent retro article listed over at TV Insider, CBS didn’t think the show really was a good fit for the network’s core demographic. According to the outlet, the test audience is the whole reason we got CSI, and because of its success, later CSI: Miami, CSI: NY and CSI:Cyber. In the past, a lot of crime-based shows were very male-affiliated and females didn’t want to tune in, but when CSI was tested, women were all over it. That’s right, women are a huge chunk of the reason CSI eventually made it on to the air. As creator Anthony Zuiker later told the outlet, CSI had everything:

 

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'CSI' ends its 15-season run with 2-hour reunion finale https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/csi-ends-15-season-run-2-hour-reunion-132146292.html

There was scant evidence suggesting it would be a hit."CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" was a last-minute pickup by CBS, plugged into a Friday lineup whose widely forecast surefire hit would be a reboot of "The Fugitive," not a quirky little drama dwelling on hair fibers and blood spatter."I thought it was never going to succeed," says Jorja Fox. At the time she had a recurring role on "The West Wing" as a Secret Service agent, "but I thought, 'How fun would it be just to take this ride for a little while!' By Christmas, I figured I would be back on 'The West Wing.'""I figured there would be an audience for it," says William Petersen — "among those people who do crossword puzzles. I never thought the audience would also be everyone who's NEVER done a crossword puzzle!"Though set in Las Vegas, "CSI" occupies the world of forensic investigators who solve criminal cases not in the streets or an interrogation room, but in the lab, where the truth reveals itself in the evidence they probe.Premiering in October 2000, "CSI" was an out-of-nowhere smash. ("The Fugitive" flopped.) But that was just for starters. It would spawn two long-running spin-offs, set in Miami and New York, and recently gave birth to a third, "CSI: Cyber," which now will survive it as the 15-season run of the original "CSI" comes to an end Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT.The two-hour farewell brings back bygone stars including Marg Helgenberger (who played blood-spatter expert Catherine Willows until departing three seasons ago) and Petersen (who headlined for eight-plus seasons as lab boss Gil Grissom).Petersen recalled that in 2000 he was looking for a TV series, "but I didn't want to play a lawyer, a cop or a divorced dad. 'CSI' was something different, and while we didn't know what it was going to be, we wanted a chance to figure it out."He got his chance and loved the experience, he says, then moved on in 2008 to pursue theater work. (Now he is joining another series, WGN America's "Manhattan," for its second season starting Oct. 13.)Being back on the "CSI" set for the finale "was like no time had passed," he says. "It felt like yesterday."

 

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William Petersen’s seven-year itch lands him back on ‘CSI’ http://nypost.com/2015/09/25/william-petersens-seven-year-itch-lands-him-back-on-csi/

Sunday night’s final episode of “CSI” would’ve been seriously compromised without the return of William Petersen — who originated the role of iconic “CSI” protagonist Gil Grissom when the CBS series premiered in 2000.Petersen famously left the show in 2008 — at the height of its success — to nourish a neglected theater career. And though Ted Danson came on board to lend some leading-man gravitas, many people felt “CSI” was never the same.Petersen, who now lives in Chicago, says he was never tempted to come back. “I hate [it] when actors decide they’re leaving and then decide they’re coming back,” he says. “We were cool when it went down and how Grissom was going to leave.”Luring him back to close out the series — once CBS declined to renew “CSI” at the end of its 15th season — did not prove difficult. Series creator Anthony E. Zuiker and executive producer Jonathan Littman invited Petersen out for drinks at the Beverly Wilshire hotel, where they’d first met in 1999 to cast the series, and talked about filming one last show.“We wanted to say goodbye to the fans. To thank them,” Petersen says.But there was no story, not even an outline — and once the show was evicted from its soundstages at Universal, not even a studio. Everybody got busy. Zuiker came up with a story, told over two hours, that reunited the original “CSI” team.

 

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George Eads Opts Out of CSI Finale, Forcing Last-Minute Script Revision http://tvline.com/2015/07/17/george-eads-csi-series-finale-nick-stokes/

Turns out not everyone will be returning for this fall’s big CSI farewell, as star Marg Helgenberger declared at Comic-Con last weekend.TVLine has learned exclusively that George Eads has decided not to participate in the two-hour swan song, forcing series creator Anthony E. Zuiker to excise Nick Stokes from the already-completed script.While Eads never officially signed on to the project, I’m told Zuiker and his fellow producers were hopeful that the actor would reprise his role alongside fellow CSI vets Helgenberger and William Peterson (with more names expected to be announced soon).It’s not clear why Eads opted out — production starts on July 29 in Los Angeles — or whether his absence will be addressed on screen. (I’m told the script did not have to undergo a major revamp since Nick — whose storyline was wrapped up in February’s Season 15 finale, Eads’ last episode as a regular — wasn’t critical to the central plot.)Eads’ representative declined to comment for this story. CBS similarly had no comment.“I’m excited… that all of us are going to be back,” Helgenberger told TVLine at Comic-Con (see video, below). “I think it’s going to be a really fun time.”CSI‘s two-hour goodbye — tentatively titled “Immortality” — is set to air Sunday, Sept. 27 on CBS.

 

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Piecing together what made 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' such a hit http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-csi-crime-scene-investigation-20150926-story.html

That comment, dismissively muttered by a Las Vegas police officer when a couple of forensic analysts arrive at the scene of what appears to be a suicide, kicked off the pilot of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" on Oct. 6, 2000, on CBS.That "nerd squad," headed by graveyard shift supervisor Gil Grissom (William Petersen) and investigator Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger), turned out to be a game-changer — for CBS and TV.Taylor Swift played murder victim Haley Jones, a teenager whom CSI Nick Stokes (George Eads) had met during previous investigations, in Season 9 episode "Turn, Turn, Turn."With its mix of quirky characters, science, gore and glitzy Vegas locale, "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" transformed the TV crime-show genre. In its 15-year run, the drama far surpassed expectations, becoming a phenomenon not only in the U.S. but internationally. In addition to spawning three spinoffs, the program set the template for the mass of procedurals on the network's prime-time schedule that include the "NCIS" franchise and "Criminal Minds."CBS is giving the series its final bow with a two-hour finale Sunday that unites current and former cast members and is highlighted by the return of Petersen, who left in 2009, and Helgenberger, who departed in 2012. With softening ratings and a stream of casting changes, "CSI" was canceled earlier this year."The finale touches on a lot of iconic moments," Petersen, who departed in the ninth season, said during a recent interview with Helgenberger in Beverly Hills. "As sad as it is that the show is ending, it's nice that CBS is doing something to say thank you."Helgenberger, who exited during the 12th season, added: "It's bittersweet. But when I heard that they were doing this finale, I got very excited. The crime is interesting, but it's more about the characters getting back together. The die-hard fans will dig it."

 

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Marg Helgenberger on the Legacy of 'CSI' and Finale Scene That Made Her Cry https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/marg-helgenberger-legacy-csi-finale-scene-made-her-170505528.html

Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger) is returning to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation for one last hurrah. The long-running CBS procedural calls it quits after 15 seasons with a two-hour series finale on Sept. 27. The series capper sees Grissom (William Petersen) and Willows reconnecting with the CSI team in Las Vegas to help solve a pivotal case that is threatening the entire city.Helgenberger spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about why she didn't miss her character after she left CSI, the surprising scene in the finale that kept causing her to well up with tears and whether the show should have called it quits after the core cast stepped away.